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It’s that time of year again, when groups of best friends gather from all different parts of the country and descend upon Las Vegas for the first weekend of March Madness.  It all commences on Thursday, March 15 with 16 heart pounding, adrenaline filled games that keep the sports books on edge and the beer flowing like the Colorado River.   Outside of holiday weekends, this may be the most electric weekend in Las Vegas and while the traditional sports books are some of the best game watching spots, here are some alternative options

Before you check in, go past the really awesome digital art columns and registration desks and get your Las Vegas trip started off right with a custom cocktail from Vesper Bar at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.  Located just past registration, Vesper Bar channels the 1950s with its glamorous display of glass decanters and rich mahogany furniture.

Undoubtedly, the best way to see art in Las Vegas is on First Fridays, the monthly arts event that takes over Downtown Las Vegas on the first Friday of the month. But you don’t have to limit your intake of art to once a month. Check out the best art galleries in Las Vegas to add some culture to your life.

The Funk House

1228 S. Casino Center Blvd.

702.678.6278

February 14 is quickly approaching and if you are wondering what to do for Valentine’s Day in Vegas with your sweetheart, we wanted to offer some suggestions to make the day and night that much more special.

Dinner:

Counting down the days until the Super Bowl this Sunday? If you’re making the trek to Las Vegas to watch the big game, we at Galavantier.com want to make sure you know where you want to watch the New York Giants take on the New England Patriots so you’re not in a last minute scramble to make kickoff.

The Palazzo Las Vegas has one of the best sports books in Las Vegas; Lagasse's Stadium combines Emeril Lagasse's signature cuisine with traditional bar and game day food.  Lagasse's Stadium has more than 100 HD TVs including a 9-foot x 16-foot main TV where there is comfortable stadium-style couch seating, the perfect spot to catch the biggest games.

While being dubbed the Entertainment Capital of the World, Las Vegas isn’t known as a hub for high-brow culture. But hidden within the neon and glitz and on the outskirts of the Las Vegas Strip you can find a works of art, theater and dance all worthy of the international stage.

You can pack your favorite frock. You can pack your most fabulous shoes. You can even bring along your favorite lipstick. But what you can’t pack when heading to Las Vegas are the people who help make you look so good. You know, your hair stylist, your brow gal, your waxer, your pedicurist--the list goes on. So if you’ve dashed to Las Vegas and didn’t have time to make your beauty rounds, you might arrive feeling like less than your stunning self. That’s ok.

CES, three little letters that represent one of the best and busiest weeks in Las Vegas is here once again.  Between attending the show, meeting after meeting and time being of the essence, we want to give a little insight that may help you getting to and from the convention, grabbing a quick bite if you’re in a hurry, the quintessential spot to close a deal or connect to Wi-Fi.

Getting to the Las Vegas Convention Center:

The running joke in Las Vegas is that we have no history because everything has been imploded. The Aladdin, Sands, Dunes, Stardust, Hacienda, El Rancho, Landmark and Desert Inn all met their fate at the hands of dynamite. If implosions didn’t do the job, we flooded them with the waters of Lake Mead, as was the case with The Lost City, an ancient pueblo village. Or fire ravaged through, as happened with the Moulin Rouge, the first racially integrated casino in Vegas.